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List:       secunia-sec-adv
Subject:    [SA22182] MPlayer FFmpeg Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
From:       Secunia Security Advisories <sec-adv () secunia ! com>
Date:       2006-09-29 18:32:05
Message-ID: 20060929183205.29525.qmail () secunia ! com
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TITLE:
MPlayer FFmpeg Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22182

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22182/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
MPlayer 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/2255/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in MPlayer, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable version
of FFmpeg.

For more information:
SA22180

SOLUTION:
Update to MPlayer-1.0pre8.

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22180:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22180/

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